Methods Project Introduction Paragraph 1 Draft #2

In the Spring of 2018, the Methods project was conducted as part of the coursework for the Writing in Biology class taught by Professor S. Brewer. The goal of the Methods Project is to explore the importance of explicit, detailed and concise writing when composing a scientific paper. Scientific writing must reflect these qualities in order for replication of experiments and analyses to take place by other interested scientists. The methods project demonstrates how omission of important information can lead to large differences in results of an experiment.